{"id":3103,"date":"2021-03-19T13:48:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T05:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunproenergies.com\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2024-03-20T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T02:37:24","slug":"the-role-of-solar-in-the-sg-green-plan-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sunproenergies.com\/development\/the-role-of-solar-in-the-sg-green-plan-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Solar In the SG Green Plan 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, the Singapore Green Plan 2030<\/a> was announced \u2014 ushering in a slew of policies and praises for the ambitious targets. Notably, climate change experts have chimed in their support, adding some recommendations but otherwise, pleased<\/a> with the short-term and long-term goals laid out.<\/p>\n

What role does Singapore play in the making of a more liveable and livelier future? In this opinion piece, we highlight two main roles solar plays to advance the sustainability agenda in this little red dot.<\/p>\n

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An Imperative Role\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Singapore has plans to quadruple solar energy deployment by 2025, as of this time of writing. The nation has taken concrete steps in its execution of such goals. It was first announced in 2015 to deploy 350MWp of solar energy by 2020, and then a subsequent 5.7 times by 2030. The first target has been achieved<\/a>. In 2020, the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment frontloaded the next target<\/a> when announcing a 1.5GWp by 2025.<\/p>\n

The Housing Development Board (HDB) has since moved ahead with several phases of the Solar Nova<\/a>\u00a0initiative, aiming to deploy solar panels to the roof spaces at public housing blocks. HDB is working towards its target of 540 MWp by 2030<\/a>, a plan first announced in 2019. The power harvested from these panels will be used to meet a portion of electricity demand.<\/p>\n

Another ambition is to raise sustainability standards of our buildings through a revised edition of the Singapore Green Building Masterplan. Singapore\u2019s ambition is to have 80 per cent of its buildings certified as sustainable<\/a> under its Green Mark Scheme by 2030. Green buildings have been mandatory since 2008, a step that involved huge foresight from more than a decade ago. One example of the sustainable, energy-efficient upgrades is the Productivity Innovation Project (PIP). This incentive scheme provides subsidies to encourage contractors to use technology to improve the building\u2019s efficiency. The Ministry of Trade and Industry will also provide more details on the Enterprise Sustainability Programme<\/a> that allows firms to grow in the green economy.<\/p>\n

By going strong on its solar deployment, the government is making a clear stand and fight against climate change. Her goal to achieve net-zero emissions is necessary in light of the unprecedented consequences brought about by climate inaction.<\/p>\n